Job Summary

The Keystone Programme is a multi-year programme implementing ATLAS (Core Banking System), SC Pay (New Payments Platform) & Euronet(New ATM Switch) to replace current varied core banking applications in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand. Program Keystone will be initiated with Hongkong as the first country.

Key Responsibilities for the Client Testing Programme Manager:
•    Project Planning and Execution:
o    Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation for CIB client testing.
o    Coordinate with all stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives, scope, and deliverables.
o    Monitor project progress and make adjustments as necessary to ensure successful completion.
•    Client Engagement and Communication:
o    Coordinate with front end teams to facilitate communication with clients to provide updates, gather feedback, and address any concerns or issues.
•    Testing Management:
o    Oversee the design, development, and execution of test cases, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all corporate client requirements.
o    Coordinate with the testing team to identify and resolve defects, ensuring that all issues are tracked and addressed promptly.
o    Ensure that testing activities comply with SCB’s quality standards and regulatory requirements.
o    Maintain comprehensive test documentation, including test plans, test cases, defect logs, and test reports.
•    Stakeholder Coordination:
o    Coordinate with all relevant stakeholders, including business, operations, implementation teams, digital channels, product, segment, programme support, Keystone testing, and technology teams.
o    Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless integration and alignment of testing activities with overall project objectives.
 

Key Responsibilities

•    Risk Management:
o    Identify potential risks and issues related to the testing phase and develop mitigation strategies.
o    Monitor and report on risk status, escalating issues to senior management, as necessary.
•    Team Collaboration:
o    Foster a collaborative and productive team environment, promoting knowledge sharing and continuous collaboration.
o    Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to team members.
•    Reporting and Documentation:
o    Prepare and deliver regular project status reports to senior management and other stakeholders.
O    Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including test plans, test cases, defect logs, and project deliverables

Skills and Experience

• Strong leadership and team management skills    
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical abilities     
• Ability to manage multiple prioriites and work under pressure    
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality     
• Strong stakeholder management     
• Negotiation skills     

Qualifications

• EDUCATION     The candidate should have 8-10 years solid experience in PMO and managing project finance and quality assurance activities.   The candidate should also have experience driving program level initiatives including process and risk governance.
• MEMBERSHIP     PMI OR EQUIVALENT
• CERTIFICATIONS     PMI OR EQUIVALENT
• LANGUAGES     BUSINESS ENGLISH, CANTONESE AN ADVANTAGE
   

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.